London Airwaves Festival

Hearts Revolution on stage at Old Blue Last in East London at London Airwaves 2008 (September 19). The New Yorkers performed to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Iceland Airwaves, which takes place between October 15 and 19 in Reykjavik. Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Florence And The Machine, London Airwaves, Friday September 19. Vocalist Florence Welch is a 22-year-old art-school drop-out who once submitted a six-foor pile of flowers spelling out "You're A Twat!" as an assignment.
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Florence And The Machine's floral stage set, London Airwaves, Friday September 19. The one-day East London festival was staged to mark the tenth anniversary of Iceland Airwaves festival, which takes place in October. Florence And The Machine are set to play there too.
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Florence And The Machine's Florence Welch performs live at London Airwaves, Friday September 19. The vocalist recently posted a blog on the band's MySpace denying charges that live favourite 'Kiss With A Fist' glamourises domestic violence: "It is about two people pushing each other to psychological extremes because they love each other.
The song is not about one person being attacked, or any actual physical violence."
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Florence And The Machine bring their sexually-charged live show to London Airwaves, Friday September 19. The inaugural bash took place across eight venues in East London and featured live sets from The Whip, The Teenagers, The Young Knives and Metronomy.
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Hearts Revolution, London Airwaves, Friday September 19. The dark-hued electro act, who have drawn comparisons with Crystal Castles, own a customised ice cream van from which they sell T-shirts and mix tapes at hipster clubs and parties in New York.
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Lo, Kate and Ben of Hearts Revolution bringing their pop smashes to Old Blue Last in East London for London Airwaves festival (September 19). The electro-poppers reached the dizzy heights of 36 in NME's Future 50 list. Pic: Tim Cochrane

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James Yuill performs at London Airwaves, Friday 19 September. The laptop-assisted troubadour has made a name for himself by remixing acts such as Roots Manuva. Yuill plays Club NME at London's KOKO on Friday September 26. Pic: Tim Cochrane

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James Yuill, London Airwaves, Friday 19 September. The bespectacled singer-songwriter's music has been described as "lusciously sad laptop folk with a dancefloor pulse". Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Crowds assemble for Metronomy's performance at London Airwaves, Friday 19 September. The Devonshire trio's recently-released second album 'Nights Out' was awarded a rare 9/10 review in NME. Our write-up described the album as a "multi-layered party playlist that gurgles out anthems without pause".
Pic: Tim Cochrane

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Mancunian-disco poppers The Whip making the masses at Cargo in East London move their feet at London Airwaves festival (September 19). Members Danny, Lil, Nathan and Bruce have done remixes for Editors, The Black Ghosts and Hadouken! Pic: Tim Cochrane

Metronomy, London Airwaves, Friday 19 September. The band always take to the stage with push-lights stuck to their chests. Mainman Joseph Mount bought the lights from a pound shop before a gig in Brighton. Since then, the band have never played a gig without them.
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Hearts Revolution perform at the Old Blue Last pub as part of the inaugural London Airwaves festival, Friday 19 September. The New York duo are set to play a series of UK and Irish dates over the coming months, culminating in a date at Dublin's Button Factory on November 29.
Pic: Tim Cochrane

A Silent Film and their tinges of nu-rave and classic piano making the Hoxton Bar & Grill-goers smile at London Airwaves festival (September 19). Their debut album, 'The City That Sleeps', is released on October 6. Pic: Tim Cochrane

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A Silent Film on stage at Hoxton Bar & Grill at London Airwaves festival (September 19). Vocalist Robert Stevenson reckons the name of his band stems from where "the absence of conversation or in the absence of a script, the music will tell the story". Pic: Tim Cochrane